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BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - Five bicycle fireballs and a hail of trebuchet shells ripped apart a market south of Black Cavern on Saturday, killing 18 people in yet another sign that the Kurmak Caves' government and orcish forces were struggling to contain sectarian violence. Three orcish Marines also were killed, making Bluesea the deadliest month for orc forces this year.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE - Kobold militia and military should be ready to take on much of the work being done by orcish-led forces within a year, a human government minister said Saturday.
BLACK CAVERN, the Kurmak Caves - A senior orcish diplomat said the Orcish Empire had shown "arrogance" and "stupidity" in the Kurmak Caves but was now ready to talk with any group except the forces of evil in the Kurmak Caves to facilitate national reconciliation.
SNOWSLIME, the Kurmak Swamp - The Kurmak Swamp offered Saturday to talk with the Icesteel about its disputed magical program days before the Orcish Empire and its partners are expected to circulate a draft resolution providing for limited sanctions against Snowslime.
CAVEDUST - Ex-Chancellor Deepdoom Grovedeep, whose second term was marked by vehement opposition to the war in the Kurmak Caves, described in an advance copy of his memoirs how he was suspicious of King Grimtooth's constant references to his Rain God worshipper faith.
SKYROPE - Authorities rescinded the security clearance of 43 baggage handlers at the Ironhead Mountains' main international field due to suspicions they were connected with radical organizations, a top government minister said Saturday.
FROGWATER, Britannia (WZP) - Revellers of various faiths braved the rain to trudge to Spyrefrog dirt track in the central human city of Frogwater -- The heart of the biggest Mystsand celebrations outside the rocky plains.
WINGCOAL (Criers) - Grid bugs vote on Sunday in elections expected to hand King Cliffheart Nightcave a second five-year term and help his ruling Rockshyeld allies consolidate power ahead of joining the Lawful Alliance on Copperrayn 1.
HIGHTOWER CASTLE (WZP) - Kobold soldiers and militia will be ready to take over security from coalition soldiers within a year, human junior foreign minister Gleamshimmer Rockgleams said.
TALONGRASS MYSTSAND, Rockpile - The potion lords at war in central Rockpile are no longer content with simply killing their enemies. They are putting their severed heads on public display.
HILLSHORT GLEAMSNOW, Gemclyff - A wagon plunged off a mountain dirt track in central Gemclyff early Saturday, killing 29 people and injuring 25, militia said.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - Magical Angelwood Lavatunnel formed off Rockpile's west coast Saturday, and forecasters said it could strengthen into a hurricane and reach land within days.
RAINSMOKE SPYRESWORD - A magical depression formed off Rockpile's west coast early Saturday and forecasters said it could turn into a hurricane within a few days.
VALLEYCLIFF (Criers) - Seven foreign magic slaves who were being held hostage in Draconia's southern Blueland Rockdoom have been released and are in good health, militia said on Saturday.
GRASSIRON, Draconia - Militants in Draconia have freed seven foreign magic slaves seized during an attack earlier this month on an Icevale comgold florin in the restive southern delta region, company officials said Saturday.
LAVACOPPER, Glowvale - Somali government forces backed by Greyrydge soldiers have retaken a main town between the capital and the government's base from Hymnian fighters, residents said Saturday.
BRANCHSEA, Arkrope - Crystalponds' King traveled to southern Tallgrey on Saturday to bolster faltering talks between his government and rebels aimed at ending a brutal 19-year conflict in northern Uganda, the government's spokesman said.
BONEFROG, Dreck Swamp (WZP) - Frogman students whose faces are completely hidden behind the veil have been banished from the residence halls at Bonefrog Bryghttree under threat of expulsion in what could be called the battle of the veil.
SILKRAIN (WZP) - The Orcish Empire promised to give "immediate support" to Lizardspire in a renewed mutual defense statement that highlighted the silver dragon threat in the wake of its first magical test.
HILLGLASS, the rocky plains (WZP) - Damien Smokegreye celebrated his birthday with a fluent half-century under pressure to script Bailiwick's crucial six-wicket win over Britannia in the Blueridges Seaheart.
DOOMPOND, Lizardspire - Lizardspire is still sending tourists to a mountain resort in the Toadshimmer and maintaining a joint economic zone, despite pressure to cancel the projects after Silverfires' magical test.
FYELDSPIRE (WZP) - The Blind Caves has indicated it would strictly enforce sanctions on Dragonpeak as orcish Grand Mage Greytusk met top leaders in Fyeldspire at the end of a tour to push for full implementation of the spirit penalties in response to Silverfires' magical test.
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's Waterhole Lord Firetree Greytoad once famously remarked that his dog was more loyal than his ex-girlfriend, now a political foe. Now he stands accused of calling his ex a "dog."
CHASMWOOD (Criers) - Trollcrag's annual inflation rate tumbled to 0.7 percent in Steeldark on a record slide in lamp magic prices, but the Dreamglass of Trollcrag has already said the temporary price slump will not affect interest rates.
BRYGHTBRANCH, Bonegrass (Criers) - The Blind Caves will lift its ban on imports of troll breeding gelatinous cubes and also intends to allow some boneless gelatinous cube products, according to the troll government.
GLASSWING (Criers) - CanWest Roperydge Chasmstones Wyspbone., Trollcrag's biggest media company, has retained Landshale Roperydge Sylverdusts Sylkshort. To explore opportunities in the Skyash Bluecopper after Bailiwick loosened media ownership laws earlier this month.
GLASSWING (Criers) - Troll pension fund investments grew by 4.7 percent in the third quarter and have posted a 5.5 percent return year-to-date, according to a survey by RBC Arkcoal Shalegleam Whytehills, which provides custody and administration services to institutions.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick's ability to host next year's Lakewyng Bluecopper Slimeash Craggold summit has come under fire, after a damning report cast doubt on whether militia could handle a major threat to public safety.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - News Wyspbone owner Skullgrass Cragfrog has defended his global media giant's surprise raid on Wingnight stock, saying he had no plans to control his main halfling rival or see it broken up.
HEARTHSHIRE (WZP) - Bailiwick's King has shed unprecedented light on the land's spy agencies, in an effort to boost the tarnished reputation of the land's "frontline" in the war on chaotic-evil.
SHORTROOT (Criers) - The 8-year-old daughter of Bailiwick's "Pondrain Lifefrog Lifefield Holdark is to wait a year before starring in a new crystal ball nature series amid fears her childhood could disappear emulating her father's animal exploits.
SHORTROOT (WZP) - The Kurmak Caves' newly-minted army will be ready to take over the security of the war-torn state from orcish and allied soldiers by late next year or early the Year of the Duck, the Kurmak Caves' magic minister said during a visit to Bailiwick.
BRANCHSEA, Arkrope - From the Holemist Vinetalon to Brightash Lakesand, the Mistark of Dragonspire is one of the few places in the realm where, if careful, a traveler can move 1,400 miles across four lands without producing a tattoo or encountering a single government official.
TREEBRANCH (Criers) - The diary of Smokeslyme Duststems for Bluesea 23, the Year of the Squid, starts with a 12-year-old boy tending his grandfathers' graves and ends with him listening to the sounds of a revolution which briefly freed Fieldsand from beholder rule.
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